This discussion focused on the course design to give students the skills and knowledge they need to be successful in the computing industry. It looked at the following topics, including web design, mechatronics, and game design.

Year 9

• Term 1 & 2: Designing for the modern web

• Term 3 & 4: Biomedical mechatronics

Year 10

• Term 1 & 2: Games for change

• Term 3 & 4: Presenting Data Differently

By the end of the course, students will be able to:

• Select and apply safe, secure, and responsible practices in the ethical use of data and computing technology.

• Apply iterative processes to define problems and plan, design, develop, and evaluate computing solutions.

• Manage, document, and explain individual and collaborative work practices.

• Understand how innovation, enterprise, and automation have inspired the evolution of computing technology.

• Explain how data is stored, transmitted, and secured in digital systems and how information is communicated in a range of contexts.

• Communicate ideas, processes, and solutions using appropriate media.

• Design, produce, and evaluate algorithms and implement them in a general-purpose and/or object-oriented programming language.

• Design and create user interfaces and the user experience.

Capstone Project

In the final term of Year 10, students will complete a capstone project. This project will give them the opportunity to apply their skills in web design, mechatronics, or game design to design a system that gathers and presents data in a useful and meaningful way.